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[Alarm Summary] How long can save alarms ?

Anton

From the time I started work with Citect in 2010 I remember in Wizard was a parameter "Summary length" in rows (how much alarm can be in Summary? for example we set 10 000, 10 001 alarm will replace the oldest) but in production we want to save alarms in time period ( 3 months or 2 years).

By the reason we didn't use Summary

We used (and using right now) alarm log on web technology: apache + php + SQLite (via ODBC)/ We call it ALARM LOG. At the alarm log page we use an ActiveX element Microsoft Web Browser to display alarms fron our archive/log.

QUESTION: Does Citect in 2019 have any build-in instrument to log/archive alarms for configured period (for example 3 months or 2 years)?

In Citect 2015 help I don't see any descriptions about alarm summary ...... but in Citect 7.1 I remember it was .....

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  • Yes of  course I know about "Configure Automatic Archiving for an Alarm Server"

    Configure Automatic Archiving for an Alarm Server

    You can configure automatic event archiving for each alarm server in your system. This is achieved via the alarm server properties (see Alarm Server Definitions).

    To configure automatic archiving for an alarm server:
    1.Open Project Editor.
    2. From the Servers menu, select Alarm Servers. The properties form will appear.
    3.Locate the record for the required alarm server.
    4.In the Archive Every field (available on extended form only), enter the number of days after which archiving will automatically occur.
    5.Confirm that Archive Path and Archive Prefix fields are correctly configured (see Specify a Destination for Archived Events).
    6.Click Add to append a new record, or Replace to modify an existing record.

    Note: In order for archiving succeed, the "KeepOnlineFor" and "ArchiveAfter" parameters need to be configured correctly (see Configure the Archiving Parameters).

    but I also know about

    Archive the Alarms History

    You can archive the alarms history stored on the alarm server to a variety of devices, including:
    •Removable hard disk
    •Removable flash memory
    •CD-R and CD-RW
    •DVD-R and DVD-RAM
    •Network file share.

    I understand it as archive of archive (for example to remove old information from the hard disk ) - am I right ?

    For you best understanding we can see to WinCC - easy way to get what you want located in one place "alarm configuration" where you can choose all you need (see the picture below)

    The next question is how to display alarm log on a page. For trends in Citect we have good tool ProcessAnalyst instead of piling up misunderstandings in the form of element Trend and based on it pages where texts, buttons etc linked via Cicode. It look nice, work good (excluding trend export).

    If we look at WinCC by this question we can see nice a-la ActiveX element to display ALL type of alarms in table view with dynamically coloring rows? filtering, printing, sorting etc.

    Does Citect have anything like this tools ?

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  • Yes of  course I know about "Configure Automatic Archiving for an Alarm Server"

    Configure Automatic Archiving for an Alarm Server

    You can configure automatic event archiving for each alarm server in your system. This is achieved via the alarm server properties (see Alarm Server Definitions).

    To configure automatic archiving for an alarm server:
    1.Open Project Editor.
    2. From the Servers menu, select Alarm Servers. The properties form will appear.
    3.Locate the record for the required alarm server.
    4.In the Archive Every field (available on extended form only), enter the number of days after which archiving will automatically occur.
    5.Confirm that Archive Path and Archive Prefix fields are correctly configured (see Specify a Destination for Archived Events).
    6.Click Add to append a new record, or Replace to modify an existing record.

    Note: In order for archiving succeed, the "KeepOnlineFor" and "ArchiveAfter" parameters need to be configured correctly (see Configure the Archiving Parameters).

    but I also know about

    Archive the Alarms History

    You can archive the alarms history stored on the alarm server to a variety of devices, including:
    •Removable hard disk
    •Removable flash memory
    •CD-R and CD-RW
    •DVD-R and DVD-RAM
    •Network file share.

    I understand it as archive of archive (for example to remove old information from the hard disk ) - am I right ?

    For you best understanding we can see to WinCC - easy way to get what you want located in one place "alarm configuration" where you can choose all you need (see the picture below)

    The next question is how to display alarm log on a page. For trends in Citect we have good tool ProcessAnalyst instead of piling up misunderstandings in the form of element Trend and based on it pages where texts, buttons etc linked via Cicode. It look nice, work good (excluding trend export).

    If we look at WinCC by this question we can see nice a-la ActiveX element to display ALL type of alarms in table view with dynamically coloring rows? filtering, printing, sorting etc.

    Does Citect have anything like this tools ?

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